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HERMAN MYER, OE D ERY, CONNECTICUT.

Lehm Patent No. 86,857, dated Forum 9, 1869.

IMPROVED -c'ALk F03 Boers.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent:` and making pa'xt of the `same,

To all whom litmway con-cern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN MYER, of Derby, in

. the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut,

have invented a` new Improvement in Calks for Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,-

and the letters of reference marked thereon, .to 'bc a full, clear, and exact description Vof the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective View, and in Figure 2, an under-side view.

This invention relates to an attachment to be fixed to soles of boots and shoes, to prevent the wearer from slipping, and consists in a sole formed from steel, so as to`extend up over the toe and onto. the heel, and provided both at the ball and heel with steel points.

To enable others to `fnlly understand my invention, I will proceed to describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Y

A is the shank, and

B, the heel, formed from a plate of steel, or other suitable metal.

O is the toe, constructed so' as to pass under the sole from slipping.

Having fully described my invention, f

What I claimas new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The detachable metallic sole, when constructed and arranged in the manner described, and provided with the points f, substantially in the manner and for'the purpose set forth.

HERMAN MYER.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, y J o'Hn H. SHUMWAY. 

